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Oxyropsis carinata

Oxyropsis carinata

Classification

Oxyropsis carinata is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish is found in South America, where it is found in the Amazon basin. Taxonomy Oxyropsis carinata was first formally described as Hypoptopoma carinatum in 1879 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as "tributaries of the Amazon at the border of Peru".

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 2